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The Bulletin The official publication of the Ballarat Light Car Club In this issue: 3 Calendar 5 Presidents Report 16 Motorsport Obituaries April 2020 7 Falcon For Sale 2020 - 4 months in and the wheels have fallen off! With apologies to John Tonks.
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The Bulletin
The official publication of the Ballarat Light Car Club
In this issue:
3 Calendar 5 Presidents
Report 16
Motorsport
Obituaries
April 2020
7 Falcon
For Sale
2020 - 4 months in and the
wheels have fallen off! With apologies to John Tonks.
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the Committee, Ballarat Light Car Club has no official connection with any public or commercial organisation and it does not provide
product recommendations. Names of commercial products mentioned in this magazine are registered names and trademarks of their owners.
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rests with the Ballarat Light Car Club. The copies are not to be used for commercial advantage and the origins of the materia l and this
permission to copy are acknowledged in the reprinted item. The Nissan Car Club-Australia is acknowledged as the source for the wording of this
Disclaimer.
Barney Haddon - President, Property Officer, Club Plates
[email protected] Mobile : 0437 167 790
Noel Peers - House Chair
Mobile: 0408 033 895
Wayne Drew - Secretary
Mobile : 0407 348 433
Wayne Holness - Motorsports Complex
Mobile: 0408 343 238
Michele Bayley - Treasurer
[email protected] Mobile: 0437 959 928
Sam Rozitis - Motorsport Complex
Mobile: 0417 533 988
Andrew Bayley - Bulletin Editor, Media Officer
Mobile : 0408 265 662
Les Noonan - Key Manager
Mobile : 0401 056 089
Ben McKee - Sports Sub Committee, Junior Development (via Sports Sub) [email protected] Mobile: 0418 313 695
Paul Gladman
Mobile: 0428 380 302
Ross Barnett - Membership Secretary
[email protected] Mobile: 0412 104 434
Graeme Scott
Mobile: 0439 717 571
Photography credits:
John Tonks during a not-so-good-day for his little Lanc-er - Supplied by John Tonks
Inside Photos:
D. Jowett, B.Haddon
Some text sourced from Speedcafe.com
Non Committee Positions
AX Series - TBA
MK Series - TBA
KX Series - TBA
VCRS - Terry Brain
Club Plates– Rick Pope
Hillclimb Panel - TBA
Property Officers:
Sam Rozitis, Andrew Bayley,
Wayne Holness, Noel Peers
Committee 2019/20
Got photos and event reports you want to see in the Bulletin?
Send them to: [email protected]
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Club Calendar 2020
March
April
May
June
Sat 6th Sun 7th Hill climb VHC 5 CDC 4 One tree hill Ararat ACC
Sun 21st Sprint day CDC 5 Winton Sunday
Frid 26th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
July
Sun 5th MK & KX Rnd 2 Rnd 2 CDC6 BLCC Complex Director required
Frid 31st AGM BLCC Clubrooms Club night AGM
August
Sun 2th MK & KX Rnd 3 Rnd 3 BLCC Complex
Director required KX
Britney Haddon MK
Sat 9th Sprint day CDC 8 Winton
Frid 28th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Quiz night
September
Sun 6th MK Rnd 4 CDC 7 BLCC Complex Director required
Sat 12th Sun 13th Off Road Rush BLCC Complex
Sun 20th KX Rnd 4 BLCC Complex Director required
Frid 25th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
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President’s Report
Well we will not be having another Friday night meeting as we are still in the grip of COVID 19. So following
the rules of social distancing and no groups larger then two people we will not be running any club events un-
til these rules change.
What is in place for the long term at the moment is that the autocross round 3 will not be running on the
19/4/2020. The Rush will not be running on the 25-26/4/2020. The autocross round 4 will not be running on
the 3/5/2020. Club night will not be running on the 29/5/2020. The autocross and khanacross round 1 will not
be running on the 31/5/2020.
June:- Hillclimb One Tree Hill canceled. Spring Winton unsure. Club night 26/6/20 unsure. AGM unsure?
All events are up in the air at the moment so we will just have to follow restrictions and wait this out.
The committee is working hard to keep things moving along as best as we can; with jobs that have been on the
back burner are finally getting done. Thanks to all of the committee for the work that they do.
As the end of the financial year is coming up fast; which for club members means that membership will be
due. With these odd times of the unknown and some jobs being so unsure we hope that you can still pay for
you memberships but we do understand if this does become difficult.
In other news the phone books are still able to be delivered. Noel rang the COVID-19 inquires hotline to
check. There are still some areas that have not being delivered to yet so please ring Noel if you find yourself
having some free time.
Still looking for land so if you see anything ring the committee.
I hope everyone had a very good Easter. I know it has been bloody different to any Easter I have ever had
before. I also hope that everyone is staying safe and continuing to practice social distancing.
Thanks Barney
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The Bulletin
Editorial Team:
Andrew Bayley
Stewards Scrutineers Event Secretary
Barney Haddon Chris Hall
(Rally)
Michele Bayley
Roy Parkinson Darren Whyte
(Rally)
Chris Stevens
Les Noonan Noel Peers Damian Faulkner
Damian Faulkner Ben McKee Rod Hall
Richard Gay Ian Brain Mick Goossens
Mick Goossens Richard Gay
Ross Stapleton
Chris Stevens
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Club Driving Instructors
Barney Haddon Keith McElroy
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Chris Hall Les Noonan
Damian Faulkner Mick Goossens
Damian Quirk Paul Gladman
Darren Wythe Reg Johnson
John Bourke Richard Gay
Wayne Drew Rob Prosser
Garry Harrowfield Rod Hall
Russell McKenzie
What a year!
So far, 2020 has become the year of e-sports, with not much else on, it seems
strange but we’re all sitting down to watch virtual car racing on the T.V!
Still, it’s keeping people interested which is the most important part of it all,
those motorsport fans without much of a backyard, shed, or deserted road net-
work are going to find trouble getting out there and getting some seat time in.
While we don’t have the BLCC track on Forza yet, I’m sure a night of throwing
Supercars around at least keeps you fit and ready to go once the lockdown is lift-
ed and we can get back into the swing of things.
So good luck and best of health to everyone!
See you at the club, sometime!
A. Bayley
Bulletin Editor
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Car for sale
Sport Sub Committee
Committee
Meetings
2020
Starts 7:30
All welcome.
Secretary: 0407348433
Barney: 0437167790
Contact for details.
May Wednesday 6th Monday 11th
June Wednesday 3rd Monday 8th
July Wednesday 8th Monday 13th
August Wednesday 5th Monday 10th
September Wednesday 9th Monday 14th
October Wednesday 7th Monday 12th
November Wednesday 4th Monday 9th
December Wednesday 9th Monday 14th
FOR SALE:
Ford EL Falcon
Four Doors, Four Wheels.
Not perfect but too good to be a club car.
Only 196,116 kms on the odometer.
$800 or nearest offer.
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News
Coming Events
POSTPONED FOR
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
EVENTS MAY RESUME IN JULY
IF SITUATION IMPROVES.
Volunteers Needed
It’s time for our big fundraiser!
Delivering phone books.
Not many areas left to do!
Call Noel Peers on 0408 033 895 if you can help.
Submissions
If you somehow have photos of an event, or just
remember an event, write a report and send it in,
we’ll run just about anything!
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Calendar Cont.
September
Sat 26th Grand Final
October
Sat 3rd Rally CRS Tunbridge BLCC
Sat 3rd Sun 4th Off Road Rush BLCC Complex
Thu 10th Sun 13th Bathurst
Sun 17th AX Day Night BLCC Complex Director required
Frid 30th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
November
Sat 7th Sun 8th AX MK KX Cogs Carnival BLCC Complex Ben Mckee
Frid 27th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
December
Sun 6th AX Geordie Fawcett Memorial AX
BLCC Complex Sean Payne
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Rallying to Remain Affordable
Motorsport Australia (MA) have quietly introduced new rules and exemptions to encourage new and
returning competitors into special stage gravel rallying at reasonable cost.
BLCC is therefore planning to run this year’s Steve Richards Memorial R4S Introductory Rally under the new
“Rally Regularity Regulations” – hopefully 3 October, as a “piggy-backed” event to our Daryl Tunbridge
Trial.
MA’s Rally Regularity Regulations were published on 2 March 2020 after smart negotiation with several
stalwarts of grassroots rallying. They were trialled successfully for the George Woods Introductory Rally on
23 February – the only MA rally able to run in Victoria so far this year. I have summarised as follows:
We hope these new regs might spark some ideas for your next motorsport project?!
Perhaps an upgrade for your autocross vehicle? Here’s the Motorsport Australia references you will need:
By all means call or email with any queries.
Terry Brain
0417369780
Speed restrictions Max. 110kph, min. 20kph – must be closely monitored by officials Timing to the second, with target time per section set up to 70kph
average Scoring penalties: 1 point per second over target time; 5 points per
second early; others per event Regs, up to automatic exclusion and report to MA
Competitors Rally-specific licences are required (which are also valid for Speed events): driver: MA’s Clubman Rally or National Rally. A civil driver’s
licence also. navigator: MA’s Clubman Rally Navigator or higher
Helmet: full-face Frontal Head Restraint (FHR): highly recommended in vehicles
equipped for its use (not mandatory) Other apparel: flame retardant
Vehicles – all Must pass scrutineering for compliance with Schedules A&B of MA’s Manual, and with MA’s National Rally Code > Vehicles General > Sections 4 (external) and 5 (safety equipment).
Vehicles – without MA logbook Can be a “standard car”, prepared for safety and reliability, but not nec-essarily with a safety/roll cage. Minimum lap/sash belts.
Must either be fully road-registered, or have a valid club permit. (An unregistered vehicle permit is not acceptable.)
Vehicle – with MA logbook Must either be fully road-registered, have a valid club permit or have a valid unregistered vehicle permit for the purpose of participation in the event.
Rally Regularity Regulations https://motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/sporting-technical/national/motorsport-australia-rally-regularity-regulations.pdf
Manual, Schedules A&B https://motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/manual/general-requirements/schedule-a-and-b.pdf
NRC VG Sections 4&5 pp.49-53 of https://motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/manual/rally/rr01-nationalrallycode.pdf
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Club Plate Scheme
NEW CPS APPLICATIONS
Once becoming a member of the BLCC and after a period of 3 months a member can apply to place a vehicle
or motorbike into the CPS
There are forms for the Club and Vic Roads to be completed as well as a series of 7 photos of the
relevant vehicle. A current RWC is also required.
A check list of documents required is available at the Club
Bring all documents to the Friday meeting and submit to our Permit Officer, Rick Pope.
Rick can be contacted at:
[email protected] or +61 419 550 718
After obtaining Club approval all documents are taken to Vic Roads by the applicant for processing.
You can apply for a 45 or 90 day permit.
A fee of $5 is payable to BLCC on application.
RENEWALS
As of May 23 2017 all CPS renewals will be carried out at the Friday night general meetings.
The procedure is as follows.
On arrival to the meeting, members will be able to place the Vic Roads renewal form on a marked table just
inside the door (accompanied by the $5 fee), to be signed by one of our signatories
(Rick Pope; Barney Haddon; Chris Hall).
At the completion of the meeting members will be able to pick up the signed form on departure.
Members will be notified if an inspection of the vehicle is required prior to signing.
If unsure that an inspection is required, call the Permit Officer prior to the meeting.
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Stirling Moss 1929 - 2020 Sir Stirling Moss and his sister Patricia, are often regarded (and with good reason) as the greatest drivers in
the history of motorsport.
The results and statistics only speak part of the story in regards to Stirling though, a driver of such regard
meant he was often left to his own devices in regards to car set-up and modifications which often backfired as
ideas that would now be seen as revolutionary failed, as even in his own position of being the best F1 driver
since Fangio, Stirling still tried to gain that extra tenth of a second out of any car he drove.
Retiring after a practice accident in 1962, Stirling made a few returns over the following years in touring cars,
notably coating the racing line of Mt Panorama in oil in 1976 as a direct result of that famous Bathurst crash
involving John Dellaca and a locally sponsored Triumph Dolomite.
Stirling was still driving in public demonstrations up to 5 years ago until age and injuries from a fall stopped
him, and even then remained a staunch reminder of the glory days of open wheeler racing.
He died, aged 90 after a long illness.
Andrew Cowan 1936 - 2019
Dr. Robert Hubbard 1943-2019
Will Hagon wrote of his experiences with the great Andrew Cowan, who won the Southern Cross rally five
times in a row;
“Talking to him at a televised Catalina Park Rallycross meeting, I commented about how daringly close he got to other competitors in his Mini, especially on the dirt and water splash sections.
“It’s safest that way, being close. If the driver you’re following loses control you’ll just have a light touch as you go by but if you’re a way back, he spins and you can’t avoid him, it will be a heavy crash.”
Another time he set me a problem: ‘You’re driving quickly down a road and can’t see which way it goes over the hill ahead. Where do you place your car?’
“In the middle of the road?” says I, uncertainly.
“No, then you’re not ready for whichever way it goes. Get it cocked up on one side of the road, ready for a
corner. If it goes the way you’re headed, fine. If it goes the opposite way, do a Scandinavian flick and you’re
ready for it in the other direction.”
Cowan died in October 2019 after a short illness, they really don’t make them like that anymore!
Now Dr. Hubbard died all the way back in February 2019, but given his standing in the world of motorsport, his pass-
ing should be marked with the best. Commissioned by his Brother in Law, IMSA racing Jim Downing,
Hubbard was to design a head and neck restraint system called the HANS Device.
The period of the 1990’s to Early 2000’s in motorsport was marred by an ever growing list of well-known
drivers being killed by skull fractures and craniovertebral injuries, and this was only because these sort of injuries were
starting to be recognised and diagnosed in this period.
After Europe, American motorsport followed suit and adopted the HANS device after the death of
Dale Earnhardt Sr., who had refused to wear a HANS device. Since the wide-spread introduction, the death rate
in motorsports has declined sharply, saving hundreds of lives from death and many more from serious injury.
A Frontal Head Restraint flow-chart is located on page 13 of the Bulletin.
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Rally Calendar
May
2nd VCRS Rd2 Victoria Cross Rally
HRA Murindindi
23rd VRC Rd3 Marysville Stages
FFCC Murindindi
classicrally-sportau@gmail. com
23rd VCRS Rd3 Marysville Stages
FFCC Murindindi
classicrally-sportau@gmail. com
June
20th VCRS rd4 Nissan Night-moves
NCCA Heathcote
July
August
22nd & 23rd VRC Rd4 ARC
Eureka Rush Vrroom Pty Ltd Ballarat/Beaufort
September
20th VRC Rd5 Valley Stages Rally
NCC Yarra Glen
craig@trulinecommercial . com.au
20th VCRS Rd5 Valley Stages Rally
NCC Yarra Glen
craig@trulinecommercial. com.au
October
3rd VCRS Rd6 Daryl Tun-bridge Trial
BLCC Beaufort
18th VRC Rd6 Akademos Ral-ly
MUCC Alexandra
November
7th VCRS Rd7 Snowy Moun-tains Forest Rally
AWDCC Bondo State Forest
21st VCRS Rd8 North Eastern Rally
NECC Bright
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